Listen as the doctor who first identified COVID-19 in the U.S. recount their memory of drawing blood from the first COVID patient. She describes having to wear ebola-level gear to be safe. She admired the patient for being the first to have their blood drawn to be tested and contribute to vaccine development. She shares her emotions surrounding the specific memory and now that she has had some distance form that moment.
In the moment it wasn’t scary because it felt like it just was what we had to do.
